New Zealand decriminalised sex work in 2003. But according to new research, it risks falling behind other countries unless lingering difficulties for sex workers are addressed.
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The repeal of outdated apartheid-era laws would have a far-reaching, positive impact on individual sex workers’ health and well-being.
In Nordic and Latin American countries, education systems promote well-being and resilience. The UK still has a lot to learn.
No one legal ‘solution’ is right for all sex workers.
Will an increase in free nursery hours lead to greater support for publicly-provided childcare?
The narrative in Israel about whether men should be able to pay women for sex is changing.
The laws regulating the sex industry are a mess – MPs are doing an important job examining them.
Empirical evidence and a recommendation from Amnesty International are making it increasingly difficult for naysayers to ignore the ways that sex workers are harmed by criminalization.
Verbatim theatre is being adopted more and more to give a voice to marginalised communities in the hope of instigating social change.
According to Team Remain, there’s a jobs bonanza around the corner if the UK stays in the union.
A conference highlighting the oppression of sex work was held in Melbourne over the weekend. But online protesters campaigned against the event, targeting the university hosting it.
Young people’s transition to work is prolonged and highly precarious. An entry-level job becomes a career, savings become subsistence, weekend shifts become lifelines. It doesn’t have to be this way.
It’s time to listen to sex workers about how best to keep them safe.
What do Northern Ireland, France, Norway, Sweden and Iceland all have in common? They’ve already gone where Scotland is debating following.
Northern Ireland’s old sectarian divides aren’t as stark as they were – but old enemies are coming together in a war fought on sexual fronts.
At the end of this month Australia’s Productivity Commission will issue the final report of its inquiry into Early Childhood Education and Care. The inquiry was limited from the outset by the requirement…
Childcare is likely to be a key battleground for the UK’s 2015 general election. The Labour party has committed to a universal quality childcare service. It sees it as a strategic political, social and…
The “Nordic model” of prostitution is often heralded for being particularly progressive and woman-friendly, built on a feminist definition of prostitution as a form of male violence against women. France…
A recent report by the non-governmental organisation Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia recommends the adoption of the Nordic Model in Australia. Also known as the Swedish Model, this legislation…
Imagine a scenario where prostitution is not restricted or sanctioned but buying sex is banned. Could such an approach work in Australia? It already has elsewhere, and the evidence suggests it’s worth…
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